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Congratulations to the Kasson Alliance for Restoration! The Minnesota State Review Board approved the nomination of Kasson Public School (1918) for the National Register of Historic Places. As the Dodge County Independent stated, "The board members . . . comment[ed] that the building and the nomination were among the finest they have seen for a school." The nomination now goes to the National Park Service for final approval.

Right: Garrison Keillor and Georgia Ray discuss her biography of Grace Flandrau at a special book release event.
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The Journal of Arizona History praised Bill Christen's biography of Pauline Cushman, stating: "Christen's diligence shows us a clearer picture of the legend and the person behind the curtain."

Edinborough Press will be exhibiting at the Deep Valley Book Festival, Saturday, November 10, 2007, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, Alltel Center in Mankato, MN. Kathryn Adams Doty will be signing books throughout the day. The Kasson (Minnesota) School, built in 1917, was recently named one of the state's Ten Most Endangered Properties by the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota. We provided assistance to the Kasson Alliance for Restoration in their effort to halt demolition.

Mary Ann Grossman wrote in the St. Paul Pioneer Press: "Voice Interrupted, which belongs in every library in the state, is a meticulously researched, lively, compassionate look at the life and work of [Grace] Flandrau."

Our new Community History book, This Cap of White: The Story of the Mounds-Midway School of Nursing, received stories in the Hamline Alumni News and BGC World Magazine.
Daniel Hoisington chairs the Archives and Collections Committee at the New Ulm Turner Hall. The committee is currently inventorying the collection and drafting a long-range plan for conservation.
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